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@gr3gory88

6 years

Something weird is happening in the woods outside my house and I don't know what to do.

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5 years

I'm not sure when I'll tweet again. I need to take a break and get my head together. But I'll be back. I have to go back. I won't let it happen again.

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5 years

I'm still here. I'm alive. I left the house after that night.

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5 years

This is the clearest shot I could get. They all moved so fast.

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5 years

I don't know what these are.

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5 years

So I guess that's all for now. I'm heading back to school next week, so hopefully that will take my mind off things. I need some sense of normalcy again.

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6 years

I took a video from behind the tree. I don't even know why. It's not like it'll do any good, but at least I have proof that I wasn't imagining any of this.

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5 years

I'm sorry. I just don't know what else to say. I'm sorry.

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5 years

Her back was to me and she was standing dead still in the middle of the room. Just...staring at the wall.

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6 years

It was an eyeball. A fucking eyeball.

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5 years

It's been storming all day, and into the night. Thunder and everything. I've stayed inside all day. Nothing has happened yet. Maybe nothing will happen.

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6 years

As quietly as I could I set down my shopping bags next to me and slipped my phone out of my pocket. I managed to take a couple photos, but the person turned and disappeared into the woods.

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5 years

And then, somehow, I was back in that same clearing where the eggs had been. But they were gone now. Nothing but bits of shell left on the ground.

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5 years

It says there's gonna be a storm tomorrow...

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6 years

I didn't even think of this. I left but I'm still freaking out a bit. I'm trying to find a hotel or something.

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6 years

@gr3gory88 If she was able to navigate in the house and she has no eyes that means she’s familiar with the house and house layout. She’s been in there before, and knows it well enough to walk around without bumping into anything and making a lot of noise. GTFO

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5 years

The new moon is tomorrow too. I should be fine if I just stay inside.

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5 years

Sorry, I'm just trying to make sense of this. She said she'll tell me everything. I'll be back.

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6 years

I guess the next new moon is January 5th...

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6 years

I heard something. Someone was outside.

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6 years

I can't figure any of this out. I don't know what's happening. I know I should leave but I just can't. I can't. At least nobody can get inside tonight. At least I'm safe inside.

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6 years

I'm sorry I haven't said anything in a while. I've been staying in a motel about an hour outside of town. When I left the house that night, I just kept driving until I felt like I was far enough away to feel safe.

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5 years

That woman said this happens every year. If she was telling the truth, then maybe there's something I can do next time. I have to try.

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5 years

I don't know what to say right now. I'm going to leave in the morning.

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6 years

She was here. That woman was in my house.

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5 years

I was too late.

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5 years

First, she says she made the stick things for my protection. She says it's dangerous out here, and she was trying to protect me. When I asked what she was trying to protect me from, she was quiet for a long time.

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6 years

It was eggs. Huge eggs. All in a cluster, like a nest.

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5 years

But whatever it was, I can't let it happen again. That's why I'm not selling the house.

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5 years

I'm back at the house now. The woman is gone. It's so quiet.

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5 years

She said she won't hurt me. She said she'd explain everything.

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6 years

I saw something out in the woods today.

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5 years

I'm sorry, this is all happening so fast. She's sitting in my living room now. I can't believe this is happening.

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6 years

And who's on that boat I keep seeing out there on the lake? Why is everyone in town so weird? At this point I just want answers. And I feel like I'm getting close to getting them. I'm just scared of what they might be.

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5 years

When she finally replied, I could barely hear her. "There are things in the water."

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6 years

They were enormous. It's hard to explain their size, but you can sort of see them in relation to my boot here.

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5 years

She's here. She was in the cellar.

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5 years

I don't even know why. I couldn't do anything. Branches scraped my face as I ran blindly through the trees.

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5 years

She turned her head toward the window, like she was gazing into the distance. "They took my eyes."

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6 years

I shouldn't still be surprised by these artifacts, but this one was huge—taller than me. And it had my sweatshirt from the storm tied in the middle.

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@gr3gory88

5 years

"The people in this town are blessed with many children, but they don't get to keep them all. When the eggs hatch, the people must bring one of their own to the woods. The creatures need to eat." She was quiet again then. "They start with your eyes."

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@gr3gory88

5 years

And before she knew it, something was on her, burrowing into her eyes. She wasn't sure what happened next. She only remembers the searing the pain, and then suddenly she was free.

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6 years

There's a door in the kitchen that leads outside, and it was wide open.

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5 years

I stood alone in the clearing. The lights in the distance were disappearing. It was getting quieter. And just like that I was running again. Running toward the lake.

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5 years

A long time ago, something came from the sky and landed in the lake. It brought something with it. Something ancient and strange.

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6 years

Whatever this new moon shit is, it feels like something's coming. Fuck this.

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5 years

OK, so. I'll try to relay everything she said, but there was so much of it. I can barely keep track of it all. I'll start at the beginning.

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5 years

It was over. I was too late. It had already happened and they'd cleaned everything up. I was too late.

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5 years

I reached the water, but there was nothing there. I saw some faint ripples out on the black water, but besides that it was silent. It was over.

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5 years

I asked her how she knew all this, but I already knew the answer. "I know because it happened to me," she said. "When I was a girl, my father brought me into the wood with the others. Offered me up to the newborns."

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5 years

I ran for what seemed like an eternity. Ran in circles. I had no idea where I even was.

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5 years

I waited until she was ready to speak again. It was a long time before she did. She told me how she was led to one of the eggs, how she watched it break open. How something came out of it.

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5 years

And then she turned around. And she...spoke to me.

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5 years

Fuck. I practically ran right into her. She didn't even hear me because of the thunder outside.

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5 years

At some point the rain had stopped. It was dark and I couldn't see anything. But I could hear things all around me. Things moving through the trees. And I could see lights in the distance. Fire, or flashlights. I don't know. I had no idea where to go or what to do.

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@gr3gory88

6 years

And I just realized my wet clothes are gone. She fucking stole my clothes. I'm not spending the night here.

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5 years

"But most of them hatch when it's darkest." She turned to me. Even without eyes, I felt like she was staring right at me. "Tonight is the new moon," she whispered. "Tonight is the ceremony."

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@gr3gory88

5 years

I just need to make it through the night. I'll be fine if I stay inside. The locks are new and nobody can get in. I'll be fine. I'm going to go get some wine and stay in the upstairs bedroom tonight. It'll be ok.

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@gr3gory88

6 years

I know sometimes people give lake houses names. I can't figure out what they might've said, though. I brought them inside and laid them all out on the kitchen floor to see if I could make sense of them, but no luck so far. Maybe someone else can figure it out?

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5 years

More than once something ran by me in the trees. I was using my phone as a flashlight and tried to take pictures of the trees, trying to see what was out there, but everything was happening so fast.

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6 years

I found my other glove, my socks, and a bandana. Everything from that night except for a sweatshirt I'd been wearing.

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@gr3gory88

6 years

I found out what those letters spell.

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5 years

I didn't really believe her, but I didn't have any rational explanation for the things I've seen. So instead I just listened. Here's what she told me.

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5 years

But I wasn't listening anymore. I don't know what came over me but I jumped up and ran out the door. Ran into the woods. I don't even know where I was going.

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5 years

The people were blessed with abnormally long, healthy lives, and many children. But it all came with a price.

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@gr3gory88

6 years

I think something bad is coming. I'm gonna go pop another bottle of wine. I don't know what else to do right now.

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5 years

The people who lived here began to commune with it. They protected it from the outside world. Devoted their lives to it. And in return, the thing gave them a gift.

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@gr3gory88

5 years

"It's the same every year," she said. "They come out of the water in the fall. Lay their eggs. A few of them begin to hatch early. They feed on animals in the woods. They need strength to make it back to the water."

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@gr3gory88

5 years

At that point I was starting to put two and two together. I thought about all the twins I've seen in town. She must have sensed my understanding, because she spoke again. "I told you there was a price."

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@gr3gory88

5 years

I felt completely bewildered. None of this made any sense to me, but at the same time it did, somehow. I had so many questions I wanted to ask, but I couldn't sort my thoughts.

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@gr3gory88

5 years

"There are so many of them now," she said. "They come from the water to lay eggs, and the people take care of them. Hide them away until they hatch. But when they hatch, they need to feed."

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5 years

I couldn't figure out what to say. Finally I asked, "Why are you telling me this now, after all this time" The woman didn't say anything at first. She took a long, labored breath.

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5 years

My stomach began to sink as realization set in. Realization about what was happening out there in the woods. At that very moment.

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5 years

In the beginning there was just the one. It spent most of its time deep in the lake, slumbering. But over time it made more. Instinctively I asked about the eggs I saw in the woods. The woman nodded.

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@gr3gory88

5 years

I can't do this anymore. I'm leaving tomorrow. First thing in the morning. I don't care about selling this house anymore. I just want to go home.

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5 years

I couldn't move. I was petrified. All I could do was stand there like a fool and stare at the back of her head.

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5 years

She said there was nothing we could do. "It happens the same way every year. We can't stop it."

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@gr3gory88

6 years

It was another one of those artifacts. Like the ones I'd seen on my first day here. But it had one of my gloves tied to it, from the rainstorm last week. When I left my clothes by the fire to dry, there was a pair of gloves with them.

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@gr3gory88

5 years

"We have to do something to stop it!" I blurted out. I started getting out of my chair but she just shook her head.

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6 years

Something bright white, almost seeming to glow against the dark trees.

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5 years

I had so many questions, but didn't know which ones to ask. So I just sat there in silence and took it all in. The woman continued.

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@gr3gory88

5 years

The morning after, it was so quiet and peaceful in the woods. It was like nothing had happened at all. I'm still not sure what to believe. It sort of feels like it happened to someone else. Or like I dreamed it, maybe.

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6 years

I know I won't be able to sleep tonight. I feel light headed and nauseous. I don't know what's going to happen. I'm scared shitless.

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5 years

I'm not even really sure what I'm saying. I just need to occupy myself with something. Writing this makes me feel less alone. It's like I'm talking to someone.

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5 years

I decided not to sell it. I don't think anyone would buy it, anyway. I locked the doors and I got in my car and I left. I'm home now, trying to process everything.

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@gr3gory88

5 years

But something happened out there. I can't explain it. And I don't know if I could've done anything to stop it.

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@gr3gory88

5 years

Sorry it took me so long to update. I wasn't sure what to say. I still have so many questions. I might never have all the answers.

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5 years

She doesn't know if she managed to push the creature off or if someone helped her. But she got away, and ran into the woods. She ran until she couldn't breathe anymore.

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@gr3gory88

6 years

And to make matters worse, the boat is back out there. It showed up again this afternoon, and it's just sitting there, in the same place as yesterday. Are they watching me from that boat?

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@gr3gory88

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They all had different objects tied to them. Bones, feathers, that sort of thing. It was definitely weird but I was more annoyed than anything, thinking that someone was in my yard decorating the trees with these ugly goth Christmas ornaments.

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@gr3gory88

6 years

I don't know what to make of this. I'll let you know if I find anything else, but... yeah. I don't know.

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6 years

What even is this? What the fuck. I feel like I'm gonna throw up. I need to go sit down. What the hell is going on?

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6 years

I hate that I consider this my house now. That this feels normal now. I'm losing it. I want this to end.

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5 years

Still, I'm nervous. I've been freaked out all day. Maybe I shouldn't have stayed. I don't know what's wrong with me. I should leave tomorrow.

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6 years

It was this....artifact? I don't know what to call it. It was obviously handmade. It was made of sticks and twine and had some small bones tied into the middle of it.

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@gr3gory88

5 years

She was too scared to go home, so she stayed in the woods. Eventually the forest became her home, and she's been there ever since.

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@gr3gory88

6 years

Someone clearly wants me gone.

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6 years

Deepwater Chapel.

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6 years

"Fear the new moon." What the fuck does that mean? I don't know where that woman got a fucking marker and I don't like how fucking familiar she feels around my house and property.

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